Police: Woman accused of killing 2-year-old Googled how to cover up bruises
A Lake Lynn woman was charged with criminal homicide, accused of beating her boyfriend’s 2-year-old boy so severely that the toddler was left brain dead.
State police allege that assaults at the hands of Brainna Bloyer, 30, left Bentlee Myers’ face, arms and legs bruised, and caused bleeding on his brain and retinal hemorrhaging.
According to the criminal complaint, on Aug. 16 at around noon emergency responders were called to 1001 Old Lake Lynn Road for the report of an unconscious child. The caller, who was not identified in court paperwork, told police that when they saw Myers, his feet were propped up, his face was blue and he did not appear to be breathing.
Myers was transported to the hospital where he was declared brain dead, and passed away Aug. 19. Hospital personnel said Myers died from “cardiac arrest by head trauma.”
On Aug. 16, police said, Bloyer told authorities Myers had been living with her and his father Brett Bissett for about two weeks. She told police the day the toddler was taken to the hospital, he was stumbling around and collapsed. She told police she searched how to help someone who passed out on her cellphone.
Police confirmed that search was made and uncovered other searches made between Aug. 8-9 about how to “make bruises fade overnight,” for “homemade bruise cream,” and how long it takes to make carpet imprints on a face fade.
Police said Myers’ father told them that he was unaware of what could have caused all the bruising to Myers and said he had noticed Bloyer stressed and frustrated with the child when he came home from work.
On Sept. 25, Bloyer was scheduled to meet with investigators but did not show up to the state police barracks. The complaint noted her vehicle was seen in the state of Indiana and in Arizona.
Trooper Kalee Barnhart, spokesperson for state police in Uniontown, said Bloyer was taken into custody locally, but did not provide any additional details.
Bloyer is currently being held without bond in Fayette County jail and has a preliminary hearing scheduled for Nov. 20 in front of Judge Richard Kasunic.